Before I start to write about my experiences living in this country, I want to apologize if I use incorrect language or grammar.
Just be honest, English is my second language and I'm Indonesian so, Indonesia is my first language.
I live in this beautiful country since December 2014, which is almost two years.
Before I lived in Ohio, but on August my family and I moved to Maryland.
It's been very thoughtful time for me to live in a new place, with new people, and everything is new. The most difficult part so far was language.
I totally didn't know what to say for the first few months I lived here.
I learned English since I was in first grade in Indonesia but it doesn't mean I use it often.
Moving in this country help me and force me to use English all the time and no matter where I go I have to speak using this language.
In the very beginning of my life story here was in high school and I was a junior high school student. Some people understand that I can't speak English, but some people don't and they began to treat me differently.
I couldn't speak using English but it doesn't mean I couldn't understand what they were saying.
I didn't really have any friends because I didn't know how to interact and socialize with them.
When other people in my class talking about their planning to hang out,
I just sat on my chair and doing my homework.
Actually, I had a big change in my life. Before I moved here, I had so many friends,
I felt all people like to be around me,
but I didn't really care about my homework and stuff because I was busy with my clubs and other activities outside of school.
Nevertheless, since I'm here I don't really have so many people around me besides my family.
I was so depressed one time and I really want to go back to my country,
I feel like I wasn't me at all.
But my family always support me until today, they said other people isn't the key for you to be a success, just think the thing that makes you be success in the future.
At the same time, I realize that school is my true path.
After that, I really focus on my school, doing all assignments, talk more to my teachers, use my free time to read the books and learn how to speak English.
One by one people come into my life and as the time goes, I became a senior high school which is much better than my junior year.
I have new classes, I start to make a friend, being the smartest student in my classes.
I don't even believe that I can do it, but because my hard work and times that I spent are worth it.
I'm not trying to be arrogant or something, but sometimes we just have to believe that there is no impossible in this world.
After a year a little bit over I got three awards from my high school.
Moreover, now I have a job and next year I will be a college student.
Hopefully, in my college years, I don't have any issue with my English language :)
This short story is my real experience.
I believe with myself that everything happens for a reason.
Maybe some people out there who live in a new place or country still trying to go through a hard time, but believe that this time is not going to be forever.
There will be a time in the future you get a light and your life becomes easier.
